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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Promotion of Thomas McGregor to Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01771 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 5 June 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 49.9 x 37.6 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. Docketed at upper left. McGregor was also known as a California "Argonaut" and Indian fighter. Pink seal on upper left corner.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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